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08-20-2008, 07:20 PM
Haitian Ambassador in the DR Fritz Cineas visited the Dario Contreras Public Hospital to meet with director Hector Quezada after the latter complained that 14% of admissions to the hospital are destitute Haitians, as reported in Listin Diario. Quezada said that each case costs the Dominican state an average RD$22,000. Quezada reports that last year 4,067 Haitians were treated at the Santo Domingo hospital, and so far this year, they have treated 1,721. Quezada says that providing services for Haitian patients is complicated because they need interpreters, and that they stay longer because they live in precarious conditions. He complained that in many cases, people who have been injured in Haiti come to the hospital to receive the free services.
Cineas visited a Haitian patient who suffered injuries in last week's tragic bus crash on the La Romana-Higuey highway, and who needs a femur operation.
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Cineas visited a Haitian patient who suffered injuries in last week's tragic bus crash on the La Romana-Higuey highway, and who needs a femur operation.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)